someone that seems increasingly isolated. yes, what he's doing is a piece of his own 20-year process of escalation. but i think the united states would have to have a significant internal debate as a democracy before we could consider a step like taking a direct military strike aggressions. >> vladimir putin isolated from his own people and russia with every passing day becoming more isolated from the rest of the world. ben's right, this is economic warfare. garry kasparov, ben rhodes, thank you so much for leading this evening off. you definitely made a smarter. coming up next, transportation secretary, pete buttigieg is here on rising oil prices and how wrong we might be wearing masks on airplanes. and later, with the january six committee just revealed about possible crimes by former president donald j trump himself. the 11th hour is just getting underway on this wednesday night.